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“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.”
― Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
― Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
“I am true only as I see and understand myself deep within; I am what I am for myself and in myself, and nothing else.”
― At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities
― At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities
“Life is all one long hard thing.
He must have the courage to feel alone, to look his own pain in the face, bearing the entire weight of it.”
― Persuasion and Rhetoric
He must have the courage to feel alone, to look his own pain in the face, bearing the entire weight of it.”
― Persuasion and Rhetoric
“Life is will-to-live, will is a lack, lack is pain, all life is pain.”
― La melodia del giovane divino: Pensieri, racconti, critiche
― La melodia del giovane divino: Pensieri, racconti, critiche
“Although we typically take our cultural worldview for granted, it is actually a fragile human construction that people spend great energy creating, maintaining, and defending. Since we’re constantly on the brink of realizing that our existence is precarious, we cling to our culture’s governmental, educational, and religious institutions and rituals to buttress our view of human life as uniquely significant and eternal.”
― The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
― The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life
Abd’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abd’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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